Raising a family is hard work. The easy and fun part comes first, obviously. The following months and years are when the work gets more difficult, important and sometimes less fun. It’s a parents...
I can’t help but worry about what I see happening in my country as far as free speech and tolerance goes. I hold many opinions about issues, but they are probably no more valid...
Nov.4 – Check out the story on FOX News about the unfortunate escapee named Bruce McLaughlin who kicked in the door of woman’s home at 3:00 am and grabbed a knife sharpening tool as...
Laos – 2019 – We went to the COPE Center in Vientiane and learned about the dangers of unexploded bombs that America dropped along the along the Ho Chi Min Trail during the Vietnam...
My siblings and I had many cousins. One of our aunts had ten acres in Huntington Beach across from the Good Shepard Cemetery. She rented the land out to a farmer who grew hay....
Nov.14 – My father had fourteen brothers and sisters. Seven boys and seven girls made up this raucous family. Times were never easy for them during the depression and the times that followed shortly...
November 14, 2018 – We stood in line on the hot asphalt in alphabetical order. It was September of 1967. It was the first day of tenth grade at a new high school. I...
We moved into a new house when I turned fifteen. It needed some work and the neighborhood was just good enough for my mother, but it was a step up from renting. The house...
We are back from our adventure. Laos was wonderful and the people were great. We almost got killed on a wet, muddy mountain pass in the rain, but we survived to tell the tale....
Oct. 1 – We are off to Indochina in a few days for three weeks. We have talked about this trip for years and the time has finally arrived. All of the trips that...
